RFC 4880: Is there a good reason to define a specific format for storing cryptographic data ?

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Hello,


I've just finished the implementation of RFC 4880 in Python (at least part
of it).


And I am asking the question :


*why is PGP not using a standard format to encode data ?*


I mean : we could very well use XML, JSON or YAML to represent a PGP
document.


Is there a good reason to define a specific format for storing
cryptographic data ?


Regards,


Denis

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<p style=3D"margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello,</p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">I&#39;ve just finished the imp=
lementation of RFC 4880 in Python (at least part of it).</p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">And I am asking the question :=
</p><p style=3D"margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></p><p style=3D"margin=
:0px;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>why is PGP not using a standard format to enc=
ode data ?</i></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">I mean : we could very well us=
e XML, JSON or YAML to represent a PGP document.</p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">Is there a good reason to defi=
ne a specific format for storing cryptographic data ?</p><p style=3D"margin=
:0px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></p><p style=3D"margin:0px;white-space:pre-w=
rap">Regards,</p><p style=3D"margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></p><p st=
yle=3D"margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">Denis</p></div></div>

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